Instructor: Steven M. Duncan
E-mail: sduncan@bcc.ctc.edu
Phone: 425 564-3103
Office location: B100A
Office Hours: 8:30-9:20 MF
Books and Materials Required
Steven M. Cahn, Seven Masterpieces of Philosophy, New York, Pearson-Longman, 2008. Duncan (2002) will be on reserve in the library for Week I.
WEEK 1 - Introduction to Philosophy (See Duncan 2004, on reserve)
WEEK 2 - Socrates and Plato (Read the Meno in Cahn, 1-33.) Paper Topics Posted
WEEK 3 - Descartes: Rationalism and Realism (Begin Meditations in Cahn, 63)
WEEK 4 - Meditations (Continued)
WEEK 5 - Berkeley: Empiricism and Idealism (Read First Dialogue, 109-140)
WEEK 6 - Midterm Exam, Hume: Skepticism and Common Sense (Begin the Enquiry
in Cahn, 183-225, 267-76.)
WEEK 7 - Paper outlines due – submit or lose 25 points, Hume’s Enquiry (Continued)
WEEK 8 - Aristotle: Virtue Ethics (Read Nicomachean Ethics in Cahn, 34-62.)
WEEK 9 - Kant: Deontological Ethics (Read the Foundations in Cahn, 277-328.)
WEEK 10 - Kant’s Foundations (Continued)
WEEK 11 - Mill: Utilitarian Ethics (Read Utilitarianism in Cahn, 329-75.)
Term Paper Due at last regular class period
Grading
There will be three assignments in this course, two exams and a paper. Each of the exams will be worth 100 points; the paper will also be worth 100 points. Other assignments may also be given. Grades will be based on the percentage of total points out of 400 possible in accordance with the following scale:
100-95 A 87-86 B- 73-70 D+
94-93 A- 85-83 C+ 69-65 D
92-91 B+ 82-77 C Below 65 F
90-88 B 76-24 C-
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Final Exam Schedule
Wednesday, March 18th, 9:30-11:20 AM – the exam starts promptly at 9:30; do not show up at 10:30 to take the exam.